Apaches News
Thu, Sep 28, 2006 - [Volleyball]
By MICKEY SMITH, Sports Correspondent, Tyler Morning Telegraph
Behind a well-balanced overall performance, Tyler Junior College swept North Central Texas College, 30-28, 30-16, 30-25, in non-conference volleyball action at Wagstaff Gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon.
"I think we played really well today," said TJC head coach Dana Hatch. "I felt like our defense was good, and we corrected some things upfront blocking that we have been working on that made a big difference."
Some 400-plus Apache fans witnessed as TJC's Erica Weden closed out the first game, taking to serve down 26-28. The Kerrville native served four aces to end game 1, which had four late ties. Weden finished the game with six aces and nine digs.
Veronica Ogbeide pummeled four of her nine kills in the opener while Tina McHenry slammed back-to-back kills for two of her seven kills on the night.
An eight-point service run by Pittsburg graduate Nyeshia Aldridge turned a back-and-forth start in game 2 into a 14-6 TJC lead.
Teammates Frances Davies of Granbury and Haley Hatch of Fort Worth pumped out five-point service runs to finish out the 30-16 game 2 final.
Six ties and four lead changes highlighted the game with TJC trailing 15-16.
Hatch took over the service duties one-point down and turned around a 20-16 Lady Apaches lead. TJC never trailed again as Pamela Arterberry finished with nine kills and Emmanuelle Lastrucci of France added to her eight-kill total.
Davies led TJC with 13 digs as the Lady Apaches improve to 18-12 on the season, and NCTCC drops to 7-9.
TJC next hosts Richland College on Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Wagstaff Gymnasium. The Lady Apaches open conference play next Monday on the road against fourth-ranked Blinn College at 6 p.m
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Behind a well-balanced overall performance, Tyler Junior College swept North Central Texas College, 30-28, 30-16, 30-25, in non-conference volleyball action at Wagstaff Gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon.
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"I think we played really well today," said TJC head coach Dana Hatch. "I felt like our defense was good, and we corrected some things upfront blocking that we have been working on that made a big difference."
Some 400-plus Apache fans witnessed as TJC's Erica Weden closed out the first game, taking to serve down 26-28. The Kerrville native served four aces to end game 1, which had four late ties. Weden finished the game with six aces and nine digs.
Veronica Ogbeide pummeled four of her nine kills in the opener while Tina McHenry slammed back-to-back kills for two of her seven kills on the night.
An eight-point service run by Pittsburg graduate Nyeshia Aldridge turned a back-and-forth start in game 2 into a 14-6 TJC lead.
Teammates Frances Davies of Granbury and Haley Hatch of Fort Worth pumped out five-point service runs to finish out the 30-16 game 2 final.
Six ties and four lead changes highlighted the game with TJC trailing 15-16.
Hatch took over the service duties one-point down and turned around a 20-16 Lady Apaches lead. TJC never trailed again as Pamela Arterberry finished with nine kills and Emmanuelle Lastrucci of France added to her eight-kill total.
Davies led TJC with 13 digs as the Lady Apaches improve to 18-12 on the season, and NCTCC drops to 7-9.
TJC next hosts Richland College on Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Wagstaff Gymnasium. The Lady Apaches open conference play next Monday on the road against fourth-ranked Blinn College at 6 p.m
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